The Collector

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The Collector is a 1965 British psychological thriller film about a disturbed butterfly collector who kidnaps a young woman, adapted from John Fowles’ novel of the same name.

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The Collector canonical 5
The Collector (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
film
psychological thriller film
authorOfSourceWork John Fowles
award Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
Academy Award nomination for Best Director
Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award nomination for Samantha Eggar
basedOn The Collector self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Collector (novel)
cinematographyBy Robert Krasker
colorProcess Technicolor
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director William Wyler
distributor Columbia Pictures
distributorRegion United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
editedBy David Bretherton
filmFormat 35 mm
genre psychological thriller
thriller film
hasTheme control and captivity
power imbalance
psychological manipulation
mainCharacter Frederick Clegg
Miranda Grey
musicBy Maurice Jarre
narrativeFocus imprisonment
kidnapping
obsession
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A socially isolated butterfly collector kidnaps a young art student and holds her captive in his basement.
producer John Kohn
Jud Kinberg
productionCompany Columbia Pictures
publicationTypeOfSourceWork novel
releaseDate 1965-06-10
releaseYear 1965
runtimeMinutes 119
screenwriter John Kohn
Stanley Mann
Terry Southern
settingLocation England
starring Samantha Eggar
Terence Stamp

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William Wyler directed The Collector
Christopher Heyerdahl notableWork The Collector
Terence Stamp notableWork The Collector
The Collector title The Collector
The Collector basedOn The Collector self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Collector (novel)
John Fowles notableWork The Collector